Quote Originally Posted by runnergirl
but I am totally stressed about rest days. I feel like what ground I gain training wise, I lose weight loss wise...
I know THAT feeling! It's just another manifestation of my obsessive/compulsive nature. Harkens back to that puritan guilt of being idle, I guess. What rest days do for you is make you a BLUR of speed when you get back on the bike the next day. I just have to talk myself off the ledge on those rest days. It really isn't constructive to skip your rest days - gotta give those muscles a chance to build themselves.